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Ethnobotanical Plant Hamelia patens

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cancer Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Panama(Choco) Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Erysipelas Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fever Panama(Choco) Duke, 1992 *
Jaundice Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Malaria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Panama(Choco) Duke, 1992 *
Skin Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Sore Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press